What is the average commute in Sterling city, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Sterling city, Colorado work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CO · GEOID 8739352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sterling, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Sterling city, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.7 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 74.6% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.7 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home8.5%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone74.6%±3.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.9%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Sterling city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.5 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute15.6 min → 14.7 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 8.5%▲ 2.5 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit4.0% → 3.5%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.9% → 74.6%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sterling city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.6%; 3.5% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.

Drive alone74.6% ±3.9 pp

Carpool9.3% ±3.7 pp

Public transit3.5% ±3.1 pp

Walk4.0% ±2.6 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home8.5% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 5,389 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sterling city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sterling city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,389 workers age 16+, including 4,932 workers with reported travel time and 457 home workers.

Population estimate13,172± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+5,389± 381 MOE

Workers with travel time4,932± 353 MOE

Estimated home workers457± 192 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Colorado commute records for Sterling city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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